Obama Cuts Dumb: President Calls Republican Sequester Cuts 'Dumb' and 'Arbitrary' [REPORT]

Obama Cuts Dumb: President Calls Republic Plan Stupid!

President Barack Obama has had difficulty dealing with Republican lawmakers during his tenure as the President of the United States of America. He's resorted to lots of different tactics in order to get Republicans to cooperate with his ambitious plans for the country, but never before has the President stooped so low that he resorted to name-calling.

"We shouldn't be making a series of dumb, arbitrary cuts to things that businesses depend on," said Barack Obama during a press conference on Friday. "... and workers depend on, like education and research and infrastructure and defense. It's unnecessary, and at a time when many Americans are still looking for work, it's inexcusable. ... It's not fair, and it's not right, and the American people don't think it's fair or right."

Obama's "dumb speech" as it's being called came one day after the U.S. Senate voted down plans to avert sequestration. That means that the spending reductions came into effect on Friday. "The outcome was expected and followed a drawn-out blame game over who proposed the unpopular deficit-reduction scheme, which mandates $1.2 trillion in budget cuts over 10 years," reports The Huffington Post's Sabrina Siddiqui. "The cuts that will take effect for the remainder of the 2013 fiscal year amount to $85 billion."

President Obama was extremely critical of Republican lawmakers for not working with him. He argued that the sequestration meant that janitors in the White House and at Congress would be receiving less pay because Congress didn't act quickly enough to do something about the sequestration cuts. In essence, everyone in government except for representatives will experience a pay cut.

Republicans haven't shown any remorse about the sequestration. "The president got his tax hikes on January 1st," said House Speaker John Boehner after a meeting with Obama. "The discussion about revenue in my view is over. It's about taking on the spending problem here in Washington."

"Republicans have offered the President numerous solutions, including the flexibility he needs to secure those reductions more intelligently," said Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell in the statement. "I am happy to discuss other ideas to keep our commitment to reducing Washington spending at today's meeting. But there will be no last-minute, back-room deal and absolutely no agreement to increase taxes."

"President Obama believes that our guiding focus must be growing the economy and strengthening the middle class . That's his North Star, and it's why he won't accept cuts that force the middle class to bear the burden of deficit reduction," said the White House in a statement. To read President Obama's plan to avert the sequester and reduce the deficit, click here.